Reader Sue

[Reader Sue @FerdieSue]

@GehrigDieter But

[Josh Morgerman @iCyclone]

Twenty-one years ago today, mighty #Hurricane #KATRINA smashed the Middle Gulf Coast of the United States, focusing its maximum destructive power on #Louisiana and #Mississippi. Catastrophic levee failures left most of New Orleans under water. Meanwhile, a massive storm surge—higher than any ever observed in the Western Hemisphere—obliterated whole communities across SE Louisiana and Coastal Mississippi. Where I'm sitting as I type this—in Old Town Bay Saint Louis, a block from the beach—became one with the Gulf of Mexico for a few hours. Well over 1,000 people died, and in terms of dollar damage, KATRINA remains the greatest disaster in American history. The recovery in Coastal Mississippi has been spectacular. Bay Saint Louis, in particular, has risen from the ashes—a true gem of a town. But the scars remain—little things, small reminders: the occasional empty lot where a house once stood, porch steps leading to nowhere. It's a quiet August night down here, and the Gulf is smooth and calm—but no one here forgets what it can do when a hurricane sends it into a tirade.

[jon batiste @JonBatiste]

We will always love you, Dolly ♥️

[Kara Richey @Kara_Richey]

If you make this the last thing you listen to tonight before you go to bed I promise you won’t regret it

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Taylor Swift has paid tribute to Dolly Parton: "A world without Dolly doesn't feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one."

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

Dolly Parton…”She’s an eagle when she flies.”

[Trisha Yearwood @trishayearwood]

There aren’t words to describe what you mean to the world, Dolly. What I do know is that you have always been a light, and now you are shining brighter than we can imagine. Our job now is to keep that light alive. WWDD? Love one another. You walked the walk. To say your energy in this life will be missed is an understatement. We will always love you.

[kris❤️‍🔥 @perfectlyfine89]

Let share the Swiftie love!
RIP Dolly 💔

[Raul Malo @raulmalo01]

Forever the Queen of Country Music. ❤️

[Marshall Ramsey ✏️ @MarshallRamsey]

When it comes to giving, no one can fill Dolly Parton’s shoes. But together, we can come close. Thank you, Dolly, for being a bright light in the world. #dolly

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

I know this sounds corny and cringey and naive and whatever, but Dolly Parton felt like America when it was trying to be the place it promised to be.

[Galleywinter @galleywinter]

Dolly Parton was more than a star. She was one of the great songwriters, voices, and spirits country music has ever known.

An icon.

From “Jolene” to “I Will Always Love You,” her songs became part of people’s lives, and so did her heart.

Rest easy, Dolly.

[َ @gir1genius]

HAPPY AUGUST TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE FOR THE HOPE OF IT ALL

[Lou Diamond Phillips @LouDPhillips]

“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.”

[Reader Sue @FerdieSue]

@deanmillermusic Prince 💜

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

A friendly reminder:
People don't fake mental illness.

They fake smiles. They fake "I'm fine." They fake being okay because they're afraid of judgment, rejection, or being a burden.

You never know what someone is fighting behind closed doors.
Be kind. Some people are surviving battles you'll never see. ❤️

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Feels bleak that people have grown so sick of having to read and learn, two of life’s greatest and most rewarding pleasures, that they built machines to spare them from ever having to know anything again. I feel as though I’m living in a prequel to Fahrenheit 451.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

What will be left after we’ve felled the last forest and closed the last college? What will remain in a world without wilderness or winters, where the old tales & poems are forgotten? A world where illiterate people sit on their phones and gamble is the definition of dystopian.

[Nick Offerman @Nick_Offerman]

•The U.S. Senate may hold a floor vote TODAY which would overturn a 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota. The Boundary Waters is the most visited Wilderness in the United States. 

🛶 Enjoying the Minnesotan/Canadian wilderness by canoe or other lesser watercraft is one of our nations greatest available pastimes, and one I have personally enjoyed my entire life. We must protect these public lands from the rapacious capitalists threatening to turn them into a poisoned wasteland.

•This vote in Congress would open the door to copper mining at the headwaters of this entire ecosystem. This kind of mining produces toxic pollution, including acid runoff and heavy metals, that can contaminate nearby waters.

•The Boundary Waters supports a major outdoor economy that sustains thousands of jobs and generates over a billion dollars a year - built on clean water and intact public lands. But this vote would clear the way for toxic mining that puts all of that at risk. It would also set a dangerous precedent, making it easier to roll back protections for public lands across the country, including wilderness areas, national monuments, and national parks. 

•This is a defining moment. If you care about clean water, public lands, and protecting places we can’t replace, now is the time to speak up.
•Protect the Boundary Waters, and vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140. Let’s save this treasured place for all of us—forever. https://t.co/JhNAR6Za2O

[Reader Sue @FerdieSue]

@rlbaber22